Difficult neighbours and council tax

[Chucky]

A proposed council tax-evaluation policy will mean reassessment of current house values which will mean they will charge us more if we live in a nice area.

 

That ought to mean discounts for those of us who live in rough areas.

 

There is a huge house in our street. The extended family is run by a grumpy old woman with a pack of irritable dogs allowed to run without leads. Her car isn't taxed or insured and doesn't even have a number plate, but the police still do nothing. To the best of my knowledge, she has never worked.

 

Her bad-tempered old man is notorious for racist comments. A shopkeeper blamed him for arranging the murder of his son and his son's girlfriend, but nothing has been proved.

 

All their kids have broken marriages except the youngest, who everyone thought was gay.

 

Two grandsons are meant to be in the Army but are always out partying in nightclubs. It is not known if they have the same father. They are out of control.

 

I hate living near Windsor Castle.

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Clever, I did get a laugh, but even as a long-term republican I find myself defending the "grumpy old woman" referred to here. She has worked exhaustingly long days for far more than a working life, and somehow continues to stay sane after a life lived in a fish bowl. Give the lady a break.